Are there any openly gay professional football players

This is a list of notable, openly lesbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual, transgender, and queer -identifying athletes associated with American Football, namely the NFL. Here's a list of players in college and pro football who have proved you can be gay or bi and still run the gauntlet. Running back Dave Kopay, who signed with the San Francisco 49ers in.

There is a small but growing of out gay male pro football players currently playing across the globe. (Getty/Facebook) The world of men’s professional football has long been playing catch-up when it comes to LGBTQ+ representation and visibility, with very few openly gay professional footballers. There have been 16 gay or bi players come out publicly in the NFL, which is in its th season. Carl Nassib was No. 16 and the first one to come out as gay while on an active roster.

After. Michael Sam made history as the first openly gay player to be drafted by a professional football team inwhen the St. Louis Rams recruited him. I hope the world will realise being gay is not synonymous with oppression and suffering. I don't think so. This is the Lions team Andy Farrell must pick for first Test - and why the most crucial player isn't who you Add your comment.

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Beyond Germany, hardly any active footballers have come out. It can be a beautiful thing. I believe this in turn could influence the amount of openly gay players in professional leagues. This is where I think we can make the biggest improvement and impact. Hitzlsperger joined Villa in and played more than matches for the side. Just the shared knowledge alone is inspiring.

You can choose on each post whether you would like it to be posted to Facebook. The German insisted that things were improving and that the focus should be on the good work of various organisations and not the actions of a handful of footballers. Marcus Urban is the co-founder of the organization. Thomas Hitzlsperger, the Premier League 's first openly gay player, has shared his thoughts on the LGBT pride saga which is engulfing the top flight after several footballers protested against wearing rainbow armbands and jackets.

Moises Spilere: Brazil's first gay football club president. However, there has been growing skepticism about how many — if any — professional footballers will actually take part in the joint coming out. Meanwhile, Guehi's father - who is a c hurch minister - has since accused the FA of double standards after Muslim player Morsy, who refused to wear the armbandwas not punished - and claimed they are pandering to the demands of the LGBT community over Christians.

Several semi-professional and high-level amateur players in other countries have also come out. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline?

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Even Urban has recently been playing down expectations. Former Stonewall CEO Ruth Hunt has said: 'There's no point charter, or pledge that will prevent someone for shouting homophobic abuse. I think they were ignorant to a. Inside Birmingham City's grand plan to get back in the Premier League: How they beat top-flight clubs to new Now Hitzlsperger has opened up on the issue and suggested that those who choose to wear the symbol should be praised for doing so, in a column for the BBC.

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